Episodes

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 94*Mars rover comes up empty after first sample collection attemptNASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover mission managers are working out what to do next after their...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 93*Software failure blamed for loss of space station controlThe Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has blamed software issues for the sudden thruster burn...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 92*Shortest ever Gamma Ray BurstAstronomers have discovered the shortest-ever gamma-ray burst. The huge blast identified as GRB 200826A was caused by the...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 91*Astronomers zero in on source of the impactor that wiped out the dinosaursA new study claims the impactor believed to have wiped out and 75 percent of all life...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 90*Ingenuity scopes out the road ahead on MarsScientists studying NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter’s ninth flight have revealed a spectacular landscape of dunes...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 89*New map of the Milky Way’s haloAstronomers have developed a new map of the galactic halo – the outermost region of our Milky Way galaxy.*Mars Perseverance...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 88*High drama aboard the International Space StationThe International Space Station is now stable again after Russia’s new Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 87*Small impacts churning up Europa’s surfaceA new study claims small comet and meteoroid impacts on the Jovian ice moon Europa will make the search for any...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 86*Climate change on MarsNASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been studying geologic evidence of massive ancient climate change on the red planet.*Heavy metal found...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 85*Australia’s Interstellar laser propulsion systemScientists with the Australian National University have designed a new laser powered propulsion system as part...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 84*Claims the Toba volcanic eruption disrupted climate but not human evolutionA new study claims the biggest volcanic eruption in human history – Indonesia’s Toba...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 83*Discovery of four Earth-sized rogue planets all alone in the nightA new study has found tantalising evidence for a mysterious population of “free-floating”...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 82*New type of ancient massive explosion explains mystery starA massive explosion ten times more powerful than a supernova - known as a magneto-rotational...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 81*The mystery of the Martian south poleScientists taking another look at data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter have had a rethink about what...

SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 80*Could mystery methane plumes discovered on Enceladus be a sign of lifeA new study suggests that methane detected on the Saturnian ice moon Enceladus could be a sign of life.*Plate tectonics on VenusAstronomers may...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 79*Discovery of a White Dwarf so massive it might collapseAstronomers have discovered the most massive white dwarf ever seen. The smouldering cinder, which...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 78*Looking back to the cosmic dawnA new study claims the first stars began shining between 250 and 350 million years after the big bang 13.8 billion years ago....

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 77*The Earth has a cycle of geological activityA new study claims geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million-year cycle, giving the planet a...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 76*National Intelligence UFO Report inconclusiveThose American military UFO sightings are no closer to resolution with the official congressional intelligence...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 75*A possible link between the Sun’s solar cycle and La Nina weather patternsA new study shows a correlation between the end of the Sun’s 11 year solar cycle and...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 74*Are supermassive black holes collapsed dark matter halosA new study suggests that supermassive black holes could be formed out of the collapse of dark matter...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 73*Hubble computer crashNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has dropped into safe mode following a major onboard computer crash.*Southern Launch gets approval for its...

The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 72*A third mission bound for VenusThe European Space agency has announced a new mission to study Venus. The EnVision orbiter will launch in the early 2030s to...

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.SpaceTime Series 24 Episode 71*Another step in understanding the difference between matter and antimatterPhysicists using the world’s largest atom smasher the Large Hadron Collider at CERN...